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Manufacturing Manufacturing Of Machinery And Equipment Manufacture Of Machinery And Equipment N.E.C. 28 - Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c.
50 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
7 December 2015
Employment effect (start)
2 February 2016
Foreseen end date
31 July 2016
Description
Andritz KMPT, Austrian manufacturer of Krauss-Maffei centrifuges and filters, will cut 50 out of 195 jobs in Vierkirchen. The company is planning to outsource its entire production to Slovakia from February 2016 onwards in order to improve its competitiveness in production. The transfer and outsourcing is expected to be completed by July 2016. The site in Vierkirchen will then be used as a centre of excellence for technology and development.
Andritz KMPT is an Austrian manufacturer of Krauss-Maffei centrifuges, filters, dryers, and process systems based in Graz, Austria. The company was founded in 1928 and currently employees almost 200 staff in its Vierkirchen plant.
Sources
7 December 2015: Süddeutsche Zeitung (Online)
14 December 2015: Merkur Online
Citation
Eurofound (2015), Andritz KMPT, Outsourcing in Germany, factsheet number 85815, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/85815.
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